Inspired by British 3D street artist Julian Beever, 23-year-old Japanese artist, Hideyuki Nagai creates amazing 3D pencil drawings on paper.

When Hideyuki saw Julian Beever’s street art in the newspaper a few years ago, he decided to create art in the streets of Japan. However, he soon realized that it was against the law. This is how he ended up drawing on paper.

Hideyuki uses the same projection technique called anamorphosis which allows to create 3D illusion when viewed from the correct angle.


Once propped against a wall and viewed from the perfect angle his illustrations seem to leap off the page creating a visual effect similar to an MC Escher drawing.

Here is an article about Hideyuki Nagai by Asahi Shinbun.

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Romaji Translation

Heimen nanoni e ga tobidasu. Wakayama ken no nijuusan-sai no seinen ni yoru enpitsu ga no sakuhin ga, sekai o odorokasete iru. Rittai sakuhin ka to omoikiya, subete heimen no sukecchibukku ni tegaki shita mono. Douga saito ni toukou suru to, kaigai kara mo "Odoroki da!" nado to iu komento ga tsugitsugi to yoserare, saisei kaisuu wa gohyaku-man kai o koeta.

Eru-ji gata ni peeji o hiraki, sukecchibukku o kabe ni tatekakeru. Soko ni enpitsu de egakareta e o tokutei no kakudo kara nagameru to, kyuuni temae ni tobidashite mieru. Me no sakkaku o riyoushita "3D aato" da.

Sakusha wa wakayama-ken kainan-shi no 3D aatisuto, Nagai Hideyuki-san de, jishitsu no tsukue de kotsukotsu to sagyou o shiteiru. F~8B no samazama na enpitsu de inei o tsuke, hitotsu no sakuhin ni nagakute isshuukan hodo. Koremade ni nanajutten hodo egaita.

Nagai-san wa osanai koro kara "Doragon booru" "Wanpiisu" nado no manga ga suki de, nooto ni kyarakutaa o egaite ita. Jimoto no koukou o sotsugyou go, Oosaka funai no daigaku de fukushi o mananda ga, ni-nen de chuutai. Sono go wa, moteamashita jikan o dokugaku de sukina e ni atete kita.

Saisho wa manga ya irasuto o egaite ita ga, douga saito nado ni toukou shitemo hankyou ga sukunai. Nantoka hitome ni tsuku kufuu wa dekinai ka. Sou kangae, "kyarakutaa ga temae ni ukidetara omoshiroi kamo" to omoitsuita.

Mazuwa keshigomu nado minomawari no shina o teineini moshashi, rittai no misekata o shikou sakugo. Sukecchi bukku o kabe ni tatekaketa noga, kikkakede, genzai no shuhou o amidashita.

E o miru hito no shiten kara dejitaru kamera o kamae, monitaa o chekkushite "tobidasu" kouka o tashikamenagara egaku. "Okane ga nai kara enpitsu o eranda" to iu ga, tegaki yueni seisai ni kage no noutan o tsukerareta.

Netto ni keisai suru to, kokunaigai kara ookina hankyou ga aitsuida. Tongari boushi o kabutta doukeshi fuu no jinbutsu "sukecchi bukku jou no juunin" wa, douga saito no saisei kakisuu ga hyakujuu-man kai o toppa. Sakuhin wa igirisu ya chuugoku nado kaigai no zasshi de tsugitsugi ni shoukai sareta.

Kotoshi natsu wa Gifu-ken mino-shi de hatsu no koten o hiraki, yaku ichiman-nin ga raijou. Sakuhin o purinto shita paneru no mae de kinen satsuei suru oyako mo ita. Hankyou o ma no atari ni shi, Nagai-san wa, "E wa, kuni ya sedai o koerareru to kanjita" to iu.

Juuni-gatsu niwa, monogatari no aru ehon o hajimete shuppansuru yotei da. "Korekara wa tatemono no kabe ya danbooru nado iroirona sozai ni chousenshite, kaigai nimo sakuhin o tenji shite ikitai" to yume wa fukuramu.

Vocabulary

heimen ?? --- a plane
e ? --- a picture
tobidasu ???? --- to spring out
seinen ?? --- a youth
enpitsu ga ??? --- a pencil sketch
sakuhin ?? --- a work
sekai ?? --- the world
odorokaseru ???? --- a passive form of the verb "odoroku (to surprise)"
rittai ?? --- a solid body; cubic
subete ??? --- everything
sukecchi bukku ??????? --- a sketchbook
tegaki ??? --- drawn by hand
douga saito ????? ---
toukou suru ???? --- to contribute
kaigai ?? --- foreign countries
komento ???? --- comment
yoserareru ????? --- a passive form of the verb "yoseru (to send)"
saisei ?? --- reproduction
koeta ??? --- a past tense of the verb "koeru (to exceed)
peegi ??? --- a page
hiraku ?? --- to open
kabe ? --- a wall
tokutei ?? --- specific
kakudo ?? --- an angle
nagameru ??? --- to look at
kyuuni ?? --- suddenly
sakkaku ?? --- an illusion
riyou ?? --- use
sakusha ?? --- an artist
jishitsu ?? --- one's own room
tsukue ? --- a desk
kotsukotsu ???? --- hard; steadily
sagyou ?? --- work
inei ?? --- a shadow
koremadeni ????? --- by the time
osanai ?? --- young
manga ?? --- comics
suki ?? --- to like
kyarakutaa ?????? --- a character
jimoto ?? --- local
koukou ?? --- high school
fukushi ?? --- welfare
chuutai ?? --- drop out of school
moteamasu ???? --- to be too much
jikan ?? --- time
dokugaku ?? --- self-taught
ateru ??? --- to assign
saisho ?? --- at first
hankyou ?? --- response
sukunai ??? --- few; little
hitome ni tsuku ????? --- to stand out
kufuu ?? --- a device
ukideru ???? --- to break out
omoshiroi ??? --- interesting
mazu ?? --- first
keshigomu ???? --- an eraser
mi no mawari ???? --- one's personal belongings
teinei ?? --- careful
mosha ?? --- copying
shikou sakugo ???? --- trial and error
kikkake ???? --- a start; a chance
genzai ?? --- the present
shuhou ?? --- technique
amidasu ???? --- to think out
shiten ?? --- a point of view
dejitaru kamera ??????? --- a digital camera
kamaeru ??? --- to hold
kouka ?? --- effect
okane ?? --- money
sensai ?? --- delicate
kage ? --- shadow
noutan ?? --- shading; a shade
netto ??? --- Internet
keisai suru ???? --- to carry; to run
aitsugu ??? --- successive
boushi ?? --- a hat
doukeshi ??? --- a clown
toppa ?? --- break through
zasshi ?? --- a magazine
shoukaisareru ????? --- a passive form of the verb "shoukaisuru (to introduce)"
kotoshi ?? --- this year
natsu ? --- summer
koten ?? --- a one-man show
hiraku ?? --- to hold
raijou ?? --- to come
kinen satsuei ???? --- a souvenir photo
oyako ?? --- parent and child
ma no atari ???? --- with my own eyes
kuni ? --- a coutry
sedai ?? --- a generation
kanjita ??? --- a past tense of the verb "kanjiru (to feel)"
juuni-gatsu ??? --- December
monogatari ?? --- a story
ehon ?? --- a picture book
hajimete ??? --- for the first time
shuppan ?? --- publication, publishing
yotei ?? --- a plan
tatemono ?? --- a building
danbooru ???? --- corrugated cardboard
sozai ?? --- material
chousen ?? --- challenge
tenji ?? --- display; exhibition
yume ? --- dream
fukuramu ??? --- to be full of